Fluorite on Quartz

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Dimensions: 7.5 x 4.3 x 6.8cm Location: Zhongjia Mine, Xinluo District, Longyan, Fujian, China A recent discovery. The color of the Fluorite octahedron is very beautiful, very delicate, a beautiful sky blue a bit turquoise with well-pronounced purple growth phantom zones. Refer to the video made under LED which gives a representative rendering of the exact color (which is not the case for photos taken under halogen floods). The perfect octahedron rests harmoniously on a matrix of Quartz also crystallized, giving the whole a very beautiful contrast. (dimension of the Fluorite crystal: 2.8 x 3.2 cm) Dimensions without the acrylic base, which is supplied with the mineralogical specimen. The mineral is not glued to the base (flexible sealant).